Articles focusing on politics

For Richer or Poorer: Does Poverty Explain American School Performance?

By Ilana Garon Article Submission In an article in Talking Points Memo, Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way, contends that poverty is not, in fact, the problem holding

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N. Korea Fires More Short-Range Missiles Into Sea

VOA News Article Reprint South Korea has condemned another round of North Korean short range missile launches, saying two more missiles were fired Monday.

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As Pistorius Murder Trial Begins, Neighbor Describes Hearing ‘Blood-curdling’ Screams

By: Anita Powell Article Reprint PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — A neighbor of  Oscar Pistorius described hearing “blood-curdling” screams the night the South African athlete shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

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Costly hepatitis drug Sovaldi rattles industry

By Sandhya Somashekhar Article Reprint When the Food and Drug Administration approved a medication called Sovaldi in December, it was hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against hepatitis C, a blood-borne disease that affects

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Why Venezuela’s student protesters have already won

By Javier Corrales Article Reprint In a country known for tense, bitter politics, this is the loudest things have gotten in a decade. For three weeks and counting, university students in Venezuela have staged somewhat

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President Obama signs massive funded initiative ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

By: Sima Ballinger Article Reprint It’s been a long time coming, and now change is coming to black and Latino young men through an initiative signed by Barack Obama on Thursday, according to the Washington

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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler May Tighten Media Ownership Rules

Expect strong opposition from TV broadcasters and newspapers By Katy Bachman Article Reprint The FCC could be close to a long overdue review of media ownership rules come March, and there’s bad news for media

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Colo. Marijuana Businesses Embrace New Drug at Center of DEA Crackdown in Calif.

ABC Entertainment News|ABC Business News   By CHRIS R. MURPHY and GEOFF MARTZ Article Reprint While Drug Enforcement Administration agents in California are cracking down on the popular new drug known as “wax,” people in

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